How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success

Re:How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry... by xattt on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:42AM (#36907520)

> You're simply never expected to run into this problem if you run in upper middle class circles

So is the picky eater problem a shibboleth of an SES class higher or lower than upper-middle?

I can see lower classes being picky because of limited exposure to novel foods, but higher classes because of unrealistic culinary expectations.

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Re:How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry... by sdwr on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:21AM (#36908177)

Lower-class = can't

Upper-class = won't

The word "picky" demonstrates the social wrapper in action:

lower-class "can't eat that food - I'm scared of it / it might throw off my digestion / not be worth the price"

is disguised as the upper-class "I could eat that but would rather have..."

to save face.

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